My dad has worked for Coca-Cola 30 years now & is on strike. He cannot just quit & find another job; the economy isn’t exactly on the unemployed side. Coca-Cola wants to get rid of their pension & replace with it with a 401K & increase their insurance benefits. Do you really think after working for that long he will be able to catch his 401K up to where his pension is? It would be different if they had 401K before now but Coke has never offered it. Also, Coke’s insurance already sucks; why would you want to pay more out of pocket for crappy insurance???  I totally support the strikers and wish them the best of luck!!!!!

I know a lot of the guys that work at the Robertsdale plant. They are all hard working men just trying to support their families. Like I said in an earlier post, they have 35-40 years in, would you just quit after all that time?

sjcmom365 , well these people just need to quit and find another job, ask for those union dues back.

When my husband worked there, coke did not pay for our insurance. It was taken out of his check every week.He also had union dues about 26.00 a week coming out too. another thing about staying out of work, the only way they could get any sick days paid was they had to be out at least 3 days. The only way they got paid for a holiday was they had to work the day before the holiday and the day after the holiday. Which to me wasnt a big deal because I didnt have paid holidays..

working4u , yes unions are the reason for a lot of companies closing. companies are in bussiness to make money, good employees are treated very good by most companies without a union. unions are a good reason why companies are sending jobs overseas. there is no such thing as bad insurance when a company pays for it. the reason some companies use a higher copay is to keep employees from abusing dr visits. so they can stay out of work. i worked many a day sick. had to, had a family to feed, besides i get healed waiting in a drs office. i am afraid of them.

One other thing-Any employee can be replaced. I am so glad that Alabama is a “Right to work state”. And by that token I hope Unions eventually go out of business In Alabama forever.

Randyp947-I hate it for the folks that have seniority and I feel they are getting shorted compared to their expectations. Again, the fact is the company obviously cannot afford that benifit anymore. Some good things do come to an end. If these folks with seniority were starting out tommorrow working for any company, they would get one rude awakening. Most companies just do not offer pension plans anymore. Matter of fact, you are lucky if a company offers a 401K plan. You are extremly lucky if that company matches any of your contributions. Companies are not required to offer these type benifits and because most companies do not offer such, that benifit is not neccessary to keep experienced employees on the payroll. Bottom line is you dont get benefits by trying to force the hand that feeds you. Unions do just that. If you walked off a job with me, thinking you are forcing my hand, I would freakin fire you in a heartbeat. I dont give a rats—s how long you have been with me.

I was under the impression that benefits and raises were based on ones performance and not because “That’s what everyone else gets”. Unions are organized gangs and havens for the least productive members.
Here’s an incentive plan for all you union knuckleheads, WORK or get FIRED!!
What’s wrong with our schools?? Teachers unions!! I will make a point to boycott any business that has union based workers.

sweetnsour, you are so right and that meat is really bad. my favorite meat market is on dawes rd.

Unions worked back in the day. For better working conditions etc.  Nowadays the money comes out the same.  The conditions are the same.  Wal-Mart has prepackaged meat that comes pre-labeled and pre-priced because they would not hire from the butchers union. They offered a fresh butcher shop but could not find non union workers that were not demanding $18- $20 hr.  This is why the smaller stores have fresh meat and Wal-Mart is sitting there with their pre-packaged meat from Bentonville Arkasas…..